What is the Goal of Community Health Nursing?
- To raise the level of health of the citizenry
Community Health Nursing
- Defines nursing specialties for nurses who work in and with the community
- Involves working with clients to preserve, promote, & maintain health
- Aim to improve the health of all persons by addressing the SDOH and
minimizing health disparities
- They work with the client, not just for the client. Want to build a partnership
Who is a CHN
- A Community Health Nurse
Who is a PHN
- A Public Health Nurse
Who is a HHN
- A Home Health Nurse
What do CHN's do
- Advocate for policy change
- Activists for SDOH related issues
- Call attention to and explore how lifestyle choices influence health
RPN roles in the Community
- Community Care Access Centre
- Nursing/Staffing Agency
- Community Mental Health Program
,Defining Attributes of Social Justice
- Equity
- Human Rights including the right to health
- Democracy and Civil rights
- Capacity Building
- Just institutions
- Enabling Environments
- Ethical Practice
- Advocacy
- Partnerships
Secondary Prevention
- Seeks to detect a disease early in its stages
- i.e, Health Screening: Mammograms, Colonoscopies
- Vision Screening, Dental Screening
Tertiary Prevention
- An intervention that happens once a disease has started
- i.e, Nutrition/Exercise Treatments for obese patients with COPD,
Chemotherapy for cancer patients
Downstream Approach
- Microscopic
- Individual
- Curative Focus
Upstream Approach
- Macroscopic
- Population Health Approach
- Primary Prevention Perspective
, Community
- The people and relationships that emerge among them as they develop and
commonly share agencies, institutions, or a physical environment
- Can be defined by their;
- Geography ( Town, District)
- Or as a group who share a common interest or focus (Nursing students, Single
parents, Breastfeeding moms)
Population
- A large group of people who have at least one characteristic in common and
live in a community
- i.e, Durham College Students
Aggregates/Subpopulations
- Groups within a population
- Durham College Students who are part of a Smoking Cessation Program
Who are the Health Organizations of Canada?
- Health Canada
- Public Health Agency of Canada
Health Canada: Mission/Vision
- The Federal Department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain
and Improve their health
- They are committed to help improve the lives of all Canadians, and to making
this countries population among the healthiest in the world as measured by
longevity, lifestyle, and effective use of the public healthcare system
- To raise the level of health of the citizenry
Community Health Nursing
- Defines nursing specialties for nurses who work in and with the community
- Involves working with clients to preserve, promote, & maintain health
- Aim to improve the health of all persons by addressing the SDOH and
minimizing health disparities
- They work with the client, not just for the client. Want to build a partnership
Who is a CHN
- A Community Health Nurse
Who is a PHN
- A Public Health Nurse
Who is a HHN
- A Home Health Nurse
What do CHN's do
- Advocate for policy change
- Activists for SDOH related issues
- Call attention to and explore how lifestyle choices influence health
RPN roles in the Community
- Community Care Access Centre
- Nursing/Staffing Agency
- Community Mental Health Program
,Defining Attributes of Social Justice
- Equity
- Human Rights including the right to health
- Democracy and Civil rights
- Capacity Building
- Just institutions
- Enabling Environments
- Ethical Practice
- Advocacy
- Partnerships
Secondary Prevention
- Seeks to detect a disease early in its stages
- i.e, Health Screening: Mammograms, Colonoscopies
- Vision Screening, Dental Screening
Tertiary Prevention
- An intervention that happens once a disease has started
- i.e, Nutrition/Exercise Treatments for obese patients with COPD,
Chemotherapy for cancer patients
Downstream Approach
- Microscopic
- Individual
- Curative Focus
Upstream Approach
- Macroscopic
- Population Health Approach
- Primary Prevention Perspective
, Community
- The people and relationships that emerge among them as they develop and
commonly share agencies, institutions, or a physical environment
- Can be defined by their;
- Geography ( Town, District)
- Or as a group who share a common interest or focus (Nursing students, Single
parents, Breastfeeding moms)
Population
- A large group of people who have at least one characteristic in common and
live in a community
- i.e, Durham College Students
Aggregates/Subpopulations
- Groups within a population
- Durham College Students who are part of a Smoking Cessation Program
Who are the Health Organizations of Canada?
- Health Canada
- Public Health Agency of Canada
Health Canada: Mission/Vision
- The Federal Department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain
and Improve their health
- They are committed to help improve the lives of all Canadians, and to making
this countries population among the healthiest in the world as measured by
longevity, lifestyle, and effective use of the public healthcare system
